Moving address bar back to the bottom in Safari

By Justin Harris, 3 December, 2022

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iOS and iPadOS

Hello, on my iPhone, the address bar is at the bottom in Safari, but on my iPad, it's still at the top, and I want it moved back where it belongs to keep everything the same between both devices. But, I have looked all over and can't find that option at all. I'm missing something here. Any help will be much appreciated.

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By peter on Saturday, December 24, 2022 - 07:26

While we're on the topic of rearranging the UI in Safari, I was used to always seeing the "Back", "Forward", "Share", etc. tabs at the bottom of the screen regardless of where one was in the web page.

Now it seems like if you are further down into the web page, those buttons are no longer there unless you scroll back up to the top of the web page.

Is there a way of controlling this behavior or perhaps an easy way of making the tabs appear rather than having to scroll up many page displays to the top of the web page?

Thanks.

--Pete

By Greg Wocher on Saturday, December 24, 2022 - 07:26

Hello,
When you go into your safari settings on the iPad there is a section for tabs. I believe if you want the address bar on the bottom, you need to select the compact tab bar view. Right now my address bar is on the top and that setting is set to the first option.

By Jo Billard on Saturday, December 24, 2022 - 07:26

It's the only way I know of to show the tab bar. Unfortunately, it's not a one-time deal but it's easier than scrolling up. If there's a way to permanently put the back, forward and tabs at the bottom, I'm open to suggestions.